The objectives of the programme include:

• enabling students gain the concept of the fundamental unity of Science;
• instilling in students a commonality of approach to problems of scientific nature e. the scientific method;
• increasing students’ understanding of the roles and functions of Science in everyday life and in the world in which they live;
• making students well informed and scientifically literate;
• enabling students acquire and demonstrate the intellectual competence and professional skills necessary for the teaching of Science in Primary and Junior Secondary Schools, as an inquiry based subject, in conformity with national curriculum;
• developing in students the ability to impart and encourage the spirit of inquiry into living and non-living things in the environment;
• developing the ability and motivation in students to work and think in an independent manner; and
• enabling students to carry out scientific investigations, emphasizing co-operation, development of appropriate scientific processes and skills and improving their written and oral communication skills.